Metro Briefing | New York: Brooklyn: Car Collides With Ambulance

By Tina Kelley (NYT) (Compiled by Anthony Ramirez)

Published: April 19, 2002

Five people, including two Emergency Medical Service workers, were injured last night when an ambulance and a car collided at Fountain Avenue and Wortman Avenue in the Spring Creek section, the Fire Department said. The ambulance was responding to a call, with its sirens on, when the crash occurred, just after 11 p.m., according to Firefighter Robert Calise, a department spokesman. The ambulance wound up on its side. One of the E.M.S. workers was reported in extremely critical condition early today with trauma to his head and abdomen at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said. The other E.M.S worker was taken to Kings County Hospital Center. Three other people were taken to Kings County Hospital Center, Brookdale, and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Tina Kelley (NYT)